60 SIDELINES NOVEMBER 2012
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
Summer Hill Photo by Delaney Ryder
Katie and Bella
Photo by Jennifer Hustis
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Pony Kids
Name
: Katie Hustis
Hometown:
Edmond, Oklahoma
Age:
9
Ponies:
Bella
Trainers:
My Mom
Of all the ponies you’ve ridden, which is your favorite?
Bella
What pony would you like to ride?
Bella
How did you get into riding?
My Mother loves horses and so
do I.
What was the high point in your riding career
?
The high
point of my riding career was going to my frst horse show and
it was my pony’s frst horse show, too! We did very well and
won lots of ribbons in all classes from jumping to trail class. I
especially liked expressing myself in a freestyle where I danced
with my pony to my favorite music and played with a colorful
parachute while riding.
What was the low point?
Breaking my arm when I fell off.
Who are your Equestrian Idols?
My pony Bella
Other than riding, what do you do?
Swim team, soccer team,
Odyssey of the Mind, creating artwork.
What are your plans for the future?
My future goal is to
become a veterinarian. I want to have fun with my pony
showing in horse shows that raise money for horses in
need and just enjoy my horse jumping, trail riding and doing
freestyle. My pony is like a sister to me. She is the best pony in
the world!
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Name:
Hometown:
Age:
Ponies:
Trainers:
Of all the ponies you’ve ridden, which is your favorite?
What pony would you like to ride?
How did you get into riding?
What is your favorite horse show?
What was the high point in your riding career?
What was the low point?
Who are your Equestrian Idols?
Other than riding, what do you do?
What are your plans for the future?
Name:
Summer Hill
Hometown:
San Diego, California
Age:
13
Ponies:
Vermont Ruby Fox & Europium
Trainers
:
Andrea Simpson at Fairbanks Riding
Of all the ponies you’ve ridden, which is your favorite?
Vermont Ruby Fox
What pony would you like to ride?
Brighton Boast A Bit
How did you get into riding?
My mother, Andrea
Simpson, is a trainer and I have loved riding from the time
I was very little.
What is your favorite horse show?
USEF Pony Finals at
the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky
What was the high point in your riding career?
Winning
10th Overall at USEF Pony Finals in 2012 with Vermont
Ruby Fox, a pony I trained from the start.
What was the low point?
Whenever the ponies aren’t
feeling 100%, that is a low point for me- I feel every ache
or misstep they have.
Who are your Equestrian Idols?
John French- his
success in both the hunters and jumpers is inspirational.
Other than riding, what do you do?
I play attack on my
high school Torrey Pines’ Lacrosse Team.
What are your plans for the future?
I want to show in
the Grand Prix!